Thinking of selling, advice please!

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Hi everyone, im new here and just wanted some advice.

I bought my first horse 3 years ago and hes been brilliant. We've done everything; dressage, fun rides, SJ etc.. But im starting to feel like i want him to do more than hes capable of. Hes a 15hh cob type and will jump a 2'6 course but struggles with the distances as hes got a short pony stride. I want to do more competing and starting to feel like i want something more forward going and something that can jump bigger. I feel awful though, as i love my horse hes great in every way but just not capable of taking me to the next level. I kinda think i may regret selling him as hes a real good all rounder, typical first horse. But i dont know :( I can only just afford one so theres no chance I can keep 2, and i couldnt put him on loan because I would need the money from selling him to buy another.

What do you think I should do? If i was to sell him it wouldnt be till next spring. Just sometimes im desperate to get on something bigger and more responsive! Or is it a silly reason to sell a good horse?

Opinions please!
 
I felt the same about my first horse, we did som much together but then hit the ceiling of what he could do with me, he is very much a pet so i just couldn't sell him. I have been very lucky in the fact my mum has now taken him on as a happy hacker and I have got myself a young eventer, but if i was in the situation that you are in, then I couldn't sell. I there nothing around you can ride to get your fix for jumping bigger.

Hard decision good luck with it, sorry not much help i know, but might bump it up for others to have thier say.
 
I think it is fairly normal to "outgrow" your first horse, even if you are years passed having physically out grown anything!

You'll be sad to see him go but if he is such a fab first horse why not find him a new home with someone who needs a fab low level allrounder and buy yourself something more challenging. It is better for both of you, he will be happiest in a home where his talents are most suited and appreciated so don't feel guilty.

I'm looking for a first horse and good first horse types don't come up often.

If you are in no hurry to sell then you have bags of time to find him a perfect home. :D
 
I thought I had outgrown my horse, we started out doing small RC stuff and we have done really well, he took me over everything and taught me everything... 3 or 4 years later I wanted to do some BE stuff but he just wasn't fast enough, it was exhausting trying to get him to gallop for 5/10 mins!

So I went out and bought another one, just what I wanted or so I thought .... he was just to much for me, to big, to fast - HUGE jump but very sensitive, he scared me :o anyway, he went out on loan to a show jumper and I'm back on my first horse ..... he is enough for me, he's safe, I didn't realise just how good he actually is - love him :rolleyes
 
Sometimes a good horse or pony makes the rider look and feel good and then sold on as owner wants something better, and rider come a cropper. Before you sell him, go and try some of the horses you would like to own. There is no harm in trying. I've seen a few riders over the years that had the good fortune of having a good horse/pony and when they wanted to jump/dressage better?, sold their equines,bought some expensive animal and found themselves overhorsed and outclassed.
 
Well i first started to think about wanting something else when i rode my friends ex racer, not saying a want an ex racer but it felt so good to be on something more responsive, forward and floaty. I know im lucky to have the horse ive got, i just wish i could have 2! God im so ungrateful lol!
 
Can you afford to keep two for a while, you could pick up an ex racer for peanuts now .... (we gave one away a while ago - to a good home, forever)

You could then see how you go and sell one when you decide?
 
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